diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_keg.rb b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_keg.rb
index 6d1790ae11..a43249508d 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/test/test_keg.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/test/test_keg.rb
@@ -61,8 +61,11 @@ class LinkTests < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_link_ignores_broken_symlinks_at_target
-    ln_s "/some/nonexistent/path", HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"bin/helloworld"
+    dst = HOMEBREW_PREFIX/"bin/helloworld"
+    src = @keg/"bin/helloworld"
+    ln_s "/some/nonexistent/path", dst
     shutup { @keg.link }
+    assert_equal src.relative_path_from(dst.dirname), dst.readlink
   end
 
   def test_link_overwrite